Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.10a
The Standard
- SS24.CWI.10
- Explain how scientific and technological changes impact the worldwide economy and the process of globalization.
Evaluate the positive and negative impacts of scientific and technological changes on society and on the environment.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · World Events and Issues
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how a technology changes people's lives and the environment. They use evidence to weigh benefits against harms and identify who experiences each effect.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how electric buses reduce exhaust near schools while battery mining can harm land and water. They can make a supported recommendation and name evidence that might change their view.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume no tailpipe exhaust means no environmental harm, overlooking battery mining and electricity generation. They may treat a benefit for bus riders as a benefit for everyone, ignoring mining communities.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Electric buses cut exhaust near schools, but battery mines can use water and harm nearby communities. Name a benefit and a cost for people and the environment, then recommend whether to buy the buses.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs fact cards on electric buses, diesel exhaust, battery mining, and power plants; have them sort impacts onto a people and environment chart.
Ask: Should our district buy electric buses? Cite one benefit, one cost, and the group most affected by each.
Play impact bingo with evidence cards; students cover social benefit, social harm, environmental benefit, or environmental harm and justify each match.
Use a photo of your school bus pickup area to mark who breathes exhaust, then mark possible pollution near a power plant or mine.
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- SS24.CWI.10
Explain how scientific and technological changes impact the worldwide economy and the process of globalization.
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